The evolving universe and the origin of life
Subtitle: the search for our cosmic roots
By: Pekka Teerikorpi ... [et al.].
Contributors: Teerikorpi, Pekka, 1948-
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780387095332; 9780387095349
Subjects: Cosmology; Life -- Origin
Other titles: Search for our cosmic roots
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-491) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.1. The widening world view. When science was born; title: Science in Athens; title: Planetary spheres and the size of the universe; title: Medieval cosmology; title: The roots of the Copernican Revolution; title: The true laws of planetary motion revealed; title: Galileo Galilei and his successors; title: How far away are the stars?; title: The scale of the solar system; title: Pt.2. Physical laws of nature. Newton; title: Celestial mechanics; title: Nature of light; title: Electricity and magnetism; title: Time and space; title: Curved space and gravity; title: Atoms and nuclei; title: Strange microworld; title: Elementary particles; title: Pt.3. The universe. Stars: cosmic fusion reactors; title: The riddle of the Milky Way; title: Entering the galaxy universe; title: Large-scale structure of the universe; title: Finite or infinite universe: cosmological models; title: When it all began: big bang; title: The dark side of the universe; title: Active galaxies: messages through radio waves; title: Origin of galaxies; title: Pt.4. Life in the universe. The nature of life; title: The origin of earth and its moon; title: Emergence and evolution of life; title: Life and our solar system; title: Extrasolar planetary systems and life in other solar systems; title: Human's role in the universe.